After a strong season, the seven members of the high school chess team lost in league finals to Fairhaven on Tuesday. Like any other team, they practice for competition and need permission to leave class early. But the chess team often flies under the radar.

A host of capital improvements to the West Tisbury School will begin over the summer, including bathroom renovations and roof work.

Edgartown police said in a statement Wednesday they are running down leads based on responses from a community alert issued following the alleged assault on April 2 in the state forest. Police have a detailed description of the alleged attacker.

A diesel fuel spill from a sunken boat in Lake Tashmoo was contained early this week with what is believed to be minimal environmental damage. Shellfish beds remain closed.

A proposed watershed planning district in Oak Bluffs and Tisbury would lay the groundwork for added wastewater regulations around the Lagoon Pond, and for greater public participation as the two towns work to restore the estuary.

Robert Fokos had, by the age of 20, lived through a Hungarian fascist dictatorship, German military occupation, a Communist regime and a national armed uprising.

egional high school alumnus Mike McCarthy scored four touchdowns in his overseas football debut last Sunday, leading the Geneva Seahawks of the Non-Professional Swiss Romande American Football League (NSFL) to a 43-16 victory.

Island conservation organizations will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on three different pieces of conservation land. The burns will take place between March 31 and May 31.

The spring superior court session begins Monday at the Edgartown courthouse, with a mix of criminal and civil business on the agenda.

Emma Young has been spreading the gospel of poetry throughout West Tisbury for years, but now she has an official pulpit.